Comments on: 7 Reasons To Get A Raspberry Pi http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:48:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Danial Nasirullah http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1254853 Danial Nasirullah Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:22:42 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1254853 I’m really interested in seeing if I could work it out as a carputer. Definitely something that I would be proud to show off. :)

]]> By: Sean A http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1229078 Sean A Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:00:56 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1229078 My dad has just received one but will not let me touch it…

]]> By: Shmuel Mendelsohn http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1228964 Shmuel Mendelsohn Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:25:10 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1228964 There doesn’t seem to be a limit to technology – there is always new and improved!

]]> By: Angela Alcorn http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1228850 Angela Alcorn Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:23:22 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1228850 Absolutely!
RS Components: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberrypi
Premier Farnell / Element 14: http://www.farnell.com/

]]> By: Nicole ? http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1228791 Nicole ? Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:56:09 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1228791 Are they being sold in the UK???

]]> By: Jon Beige http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1228624 Jon Beige Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:58:10 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1228624 I got both of mine from MCM Electronics. They seem to ship faster than other outlets. Here’s a link for your convenience:

http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/83-14421

I had to RMA one before, and they were simple to deal with. Good luck!

]]> By: Márcio Guerra http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1228415 Márcio Guerra Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:21:32 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1228415 Like I’ve said in another post, I’m only getting to know Raspberry Pi, although I find it appealing, I’m more into tablets at the moment… And like it was said below (above) I reminded me Arduino the first time I’ve knew about RP…

Nice one. I’ll try to figure out more and see if I follow under this one’s charmings!

Cheers!

Márcio Guerra

]]> By: Márcio Guerra http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1228412 Márcio Guerra Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:12:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1228412 For what I know, Arduino is a small interface, that you use to interact (??) with the end user, like for example, you create a code that will be used on an art instalation. Lets assume a corredor with art picture both sides with lamps that will go on when you pass by them. With Arduino you can set the code on your pc/mac, then connect to the board all the LEDs, all the sonars, whatever you use, and it will run there…. Or a printer that will print some stuff created random, or whatever… It is nice, but then you use one or two languages to operate the boards… Never did, only seen one of my teachers doing…

Cheers!

P.s.- If needed I can try to get you some links, but nothing that Google won’t do better!

]]> By: Lisa Santika Onggrid http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1227946 Lisa Santika Onggrid Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:51:06 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1227946 Ok, I understand…kinda.
Thank you for the explanation. Might be worth the time researching these fancy items.

]]> By: Daniel Escasa http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1227934 Daniel Escasa Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:18:01 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1227934 In brief, the Arduino is a microcontroller, meaning it’s designed to control its environment. E.g., you can build a home automation system around an Arduino, or a weather monitoring system. You can also use a Raspberry, but it’s something of an overkill. The Raspberry is more of a general-purpose computer.

As to software, the Arduino isn’t likely to run Linux, as you can have only 32K. The Raspberry, on the other hand, does have Debian available.

]]> By: Daniel Escasa http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1227931 Daniel Escasa Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:04:32 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1227931 I’ll drink to that.

]]> By: Angela Alcorn http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1227746 Angela Alcorn Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:45:45 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1227746 Heh, I’ve bought rather a lot of SD cards just for the Pi too. :)

]]> By: Jon Smith http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1227573 Jon Smith Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:05:52 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1227573 The Pi is absolutely really cool but I feel that there is a lot of other competition in this market now

]]> By: Nicholas Green http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1227480 Nicholas Green Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:47:36 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1227480 Got one to use as a HTPC. The composite video output was the deal sealer for me as most other devices only offer digital (read hdmi) output.
Loaded up Rasbmc and had things working nicely for about a week until an about a month ago when an automatic update broke it. I have not been able to get Rasbmc running consistently correctly since then.
I switched to OpenElec and now have the Hulu, Amazon, iPlayer and You Tube plugins all running. Plus of course I can stream from my home network.
Next i look forward to playing with both Risc OS and Android.
Something that I quickly found is I have probably spent more on SD cards for the Pi than I spent on the Pi itself.,

]]> By: Angela Alcorn http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-reasons-raspberry-pi/#comment-1227443 Angela Alcorn Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:09:03 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=125714#comment-1227443 I’ve personally never played with Arduino, so I can’t really explain it to you. Maybe you could ask this one on MakeUseOf Answers:
http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/ask

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